That's true. The only part of m0n0wall that is serial port configurable is
the initial setup of the interfaces (since you need to pick what port is the
lan side, and which is the wan side). You can also reboot the machine via
the command line. That's about it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hilton Travis" <Hilton at QuarkAV dot com>
To: <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Can i manage my pc by Serial terminals?


> Hi Samelina,
>
> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 11:33, Samenlia wrote:
> > Can I manage the m0m0wall by Serial terminals? juse like those switch or
router,
> > instead of connecting a  CRT and a keyboard
>
> m0n0wall was designed to be managed via its webGUI, and by no other
> means.  If you have a Soekris/Wrap/other embedded platform that has no
> video port, then you can manage the hardware itself via the serial port,
> but not the mn0wall configuration.
>
> -- 
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> Regards,
>
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